This guide was prepared to aid volunteers working with preschool children before, during, and after viewing the television program, "Sesame Street". Suggestions in this booklet grew out of a study called the Sesame Mother Pilot Project conducted in 1970-71 by the Institute for Educational Development. This guide is divided into nine main…

This report provides a broad survey of the current state of television training technology in civilian and military situations, including detailed information concerning a variety of specific applications at local Navy training facilities in the San Diego area. The relative effectiveness of the existing conventional and unique utilizations of…

Action for Children's Television (ACT) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which advocated rules toward eliminating commercial content in children's programming. In response to the television industry's reaction to this petition ACT undertook the analysis of current commercial content on several popular shows for…

In response to budget pressures, and the resulting questioning about the usefulness of educational radio now that television is generally available, the Wisconsin School of the Air--Radio surveyed Wisconsin elementary schools to determine how much their programing was in fact being used. The findings of the survey indicated that educational radio…

The Committee on Children's Television (CCT) supports Action for Children's Television (ACT) in its demands for no commercials on children's television and an improvement in programing for children. A survey of children's television in the San Francisco Bay Area determined that from 1961 to 1971, children's programing had declined in quality and…

The assumptions behind open education, when applied to television, suggest that children should create their own television programs based on their interests and experiences and that these programs should be disseminated widely. The availability of videotape systems and the rapid development of community cable television (CATV) makes these ideas…

This basic brochure on educational television (ETV) explains what ETV is, how station licenses are granted, and which organizations have information about ETV. Briefly covered are: history; figures on growth and development; characteristics of ETV stations; short descriptions of instructional television fixed service, microwave translators, and…

The general intent of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with regard to cable television (CATV) is to allow it enough re-broadcasting and importation of signals so that it can get started without giving CATV so much that it injures existing broadcast television or has no incentive to push into non-broadcast, broadband services which are…

In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee the author reiterates charges he made in his original testimony to that committee in 1970. He states that food advertisements on television aimed at children are misleading and that the foods advertised are nutritionally worthless. He cites a study that showed that the boxes in which the cereal was…

The rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concerning cable television service and cable relay service are presented along with the comments of the National Cable Television Association, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Association of Maximum Service Telecasters, and a major group of program suppliers.…

In the belief that "the spread of technological development and the attendant rapidly changing environment creates the necessity for multi-source feedback systems to maximize the alternatives available in dealing with global problems," the author shows how to participate in the process of alternate video. He offers detailed information…

Even if the great majority of our children are unaffected by television violence, and even if only a small fraction are negatively affected, we of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) recognize the need to determine how the negative effects can be alleviated. We are all in agreement that the resolution of this serious problem is the…

Action for Children's Television (ACT) has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that networks be allowed to schedule no commercials on children's programs and also that networks schedule programs directed toward specific children's age groups. An analysis of network revenues from children's programs shows that networks could…

THE EFFECTS OF TELEVISED INSTRUCTION WITH LARGE ENROLLMENTS IN COLLEGE HISTORY COURSES WAS DEFINED AND EVALUATED. ONE INSTRUCTOR PRESENTED LECTURES BY TELEVISION TO AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP AND DELIVERED THE SAME LECTURES TO A CONTROL GROUP. DISCUSSION SECTIONS OF BOTH GROUPS WERE LED BY THE SAME INSTRUCTORS, AND THE SAME MIDTERM AND FINAL…

The ongoing controversy over whether to permit television cameras to cover courtroom trials has generated a variety of responses from the judiciary, the bar, and the media. In an attempt to determine whether individuals are affected by the awareness that they are being televised, this study, while maintaining experimental control, simulated some…